Science Explorer Interactive view Map
City · Rwanda

Research in Kigali

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Kigali, Rwanda. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Education and University of Kigali.

Research institutions
28
14 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.3k
▲ 132% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Kigali?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KigaliUniversity 1,061 #9,809
2Ministry of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution 772 #5,398
3Rwanda Biomedical CenterHospital / health system 471 #10,646
4Ministry of EducationGovernment institution 387 #5,738
5Mahatma Gandhi UniversityUniversity 298 #17,127
6Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 277 #23,618
7Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de KigaliHospital / health system 249 #22,675
8Rwanda Agriculture BoardGovernment institution 248 #15,425
9University of Lay Adventists of KigaliUniversity 238 #22,812
10Rwanda Military HospitalHospital / health system 212 #23,676
11Carnegie Mellon University AfricaUniversity 202 #18,804
12Rwanda Development BoardGovernment institution 161 #21,744
13African Institute for Mathematical SciencesUniversity 152 #11,265
14Kigali Independent UniversityUniversity 124 #17,875
15International Gorilla Conservation ProgrammeNonprofit 113 not ranked
16Ministry of InfrastructureGovernment institution 103 not ranked
17Adventist University of Central AfricaUniversity 80 not ranked
18Rwanda Meteorological ServiceGovernment institution 44 not ranked
19Rwanda Zambia HIV Research GroupNonprofit 42 not ranked
20Rwanda Diabetes AssociationHospital / health system 22 not ranked
21Institute of Policy Analysis and Research - RwandaNonprofit 13 not ranked
22Rwanda Wildlife Conservation AssociationInstitution 12 not ranked
23Foresight Institute of Research and Translation (Rwanda)Company 5 not ranked
24Regional Alliance for Sustainable DevelopmentInstitution 4 not ranked
25Innovations for Poverty ActionNonprofit 2 not ranked
26Association of Microfinance Institutions in RwandaInstitution 1 not ranked
27North Gate UniversityUniversity 1 not ranked
28Rwanda Pediatric AssociationInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Kigali: 20.0%Ministry of Natural Resources: 14.6%Rwanda Biomedical Center: 8.9%Ministry of Education: 7.3%23 others listed: 49.2%20%largest
University of Kigali1,061 · 20.0%Ministry of Natural Resources772 · 14.6%Rwanda Biomedical Center471 · 8.9%Ministry of Education387 · 7.3%23 others listed2,603 · 49.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Kigali strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kigali is most concentrated in Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Infectious Diseases (4.6× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 34.2 works4.6×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 61.9 works3.1×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 53.7 works3.0×
  4. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 38.7 works3.0×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Kigali?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Genocide, Politics, Middle East, Media, Qatar, Rwanda and Supply Chain Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change178▲ 2.5×90 topics
  2. Epidemiology132▲ 1.26×121 topics
  3. Machine Learning124▲ 1.44×78 topics
  4. Sustainability109▲ 1.69×75 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management96▲ 3.9×20 topics
  6. Genocide81▲ 54×3 topics
  7. Environmental Impact80▲ 1.77×52 topics
  8. Politics74▲ 10×8 topics
  9. Remote Sensing74▲ 2.3×38 topics
  10. Education73▲ 1.61×44 topics
  11. Risk Management72▲ 5.6×11 topics
  12. Middle East71▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Media70▲ 17×2 topics
  14. Qatar70▲ 138×1 topic
  15. Rwanda70▲ 138×1 topic
  16. Public Health59▲ 1.53×52 topics
  17. Land Use Change40▲ 5.0×8 topics
  18. Community Health Workers39▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Maternal Mortality39▲ 6.7×5 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services37▲ 3.6×11 topics
  21. Finance37▲ 7.3×3 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation36▲ 3.7×11 topics
  23. Water Resources35▲ 5.5×9 topics
  24. IoT35▲ 3.5×13 topics
  25. Health Inequalities34▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Socio-economic Factors32▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Child Mortality32▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Health Systems32▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Poverty Reduction31▲ 9.0×5 topics
  30. Financial Stability31▲ 5.8×5 topics
  31. Conflict30▲ 7.0×7 topics
  32. Performance Analysis30▲ 5.2×4 topics
  33. Ethical Identity29▲ 8.7×1 topic
  34. Global Financial Crisis29▲ 8.0×2 topics
  35. Shariah Supervision29▲ 8.7×1 topic
  36. Drought29▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Maternal and Child Undernutrition24▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Water Sanitation Hygiene24▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Construction Projects24▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Stakeholder Analysis24▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Kigali?

  1. 1 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 70 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 32 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 29 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 24 works
  5. 5 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 24 works
  6. 6 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  7. 7 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 21 works
  8. 8 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  10. 10 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 15 works

Research output over time

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.